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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






2. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






3. Where the revolving door was fully developed






4. The amount of light reflected by a hue






5. Application of potassium sulphide






6. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






7. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






8. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






9. Renowned for paintings and prints






10. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






11. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






12. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






13. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






14. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






15. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






16. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






17. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






18. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






19. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






20. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






21. Known for his glass sculpture






22. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






23. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






24. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






25. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






26. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






29. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






30. Pale green






31. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






32. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






33. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






34. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






35. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






36. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






37. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






38. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






39. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






40. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






41. Technique of shading using dots to control value






42. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






43. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






44. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






45. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






46. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






47. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






48. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






49. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






50. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han